Being the regular user of Mac OS X, I just want to have a way of converting the file formats of the screen shots I take very often, since the default image file format that is being saved on the desktop for each screen shot I take using the Mac short keys (Shift+Cmd+[3 or 4]) will be PNG. So instead of changing the file format of the screen shots every time manually, I found a better way of converting the file formats as we desire automatically by just typing the following command in the Mac terminal window:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type image_format

Here replace the 'image_format' with the desired file format. I have tried with JPEG, TIFF and PDF and all the worked fine for me) You'll then have to logout/login to make the change take effect.

Finally its a good news for the Mac Users, since Google has officially released the Beta version of their popular photo management application Picasa for Macs in the recent held Macworld, 2009 offering a free download for OS X. It is a long awaiting release for the Mac users, since Picasa was only released for Windows and Linux platforms.

Picasa for Mac does not have any major feature wise difference, compared to its windows counterpart.

Both the versions has free web album uploads after editing the images as desired with the tools comes with Picasa by default. Now Picasa for Mac has become a direct competitor to Macs iPhoto

Some of the major features incorporated with picasa are:

Photo Management:Picasa scans your entire computer for new photos and keeps them neatly organized, with great timeline features, tagging, and folder organization.

Image Editing:The Mac version of Picasa has some impressive editing capabilities, including non-destructive editing of photos. Users can edit the images with the tools that comes with Picasa by default.

Upload to Web Albums:Picasa for Mac offers seamless integration with Picasa Web Albums, Google's online photo sharing site. Once after the editing of images as desired the user can upload the images direct to the online Picasa web album with a single click So Why to wait !... Hurry up and download a FREE Beta release of Picasa for Mac for OS X.

The great news for Dakshin Kannada and Udupi CATV subscribers are already out ! Its again a great achievement from UCN (United Communication Network) who always care on quality and the service of huge range of entertainment channels they are providing since from 15 years.

Yes its all DIGITAL now! An yet another milestone from UCN, Udupi a leader in costal Cable TV service provider. Now forget about the old analog signal because most of UCN subscribers might have experienced the problem with clarity of most of the channels that tunes at the end. Now its all gone, the subscriber can experience the DVD quality pictures & clear sound by installing a setup box which gives a theatre-like experience, high quality & international standard services without having to buy expensive equipment. The viewing experience will be completely different from the one at present (Analog Cable broadcast medium)DEN, a Digital Entertainment Network MNC has already had a tie up with UCN and now its DEN-UCN. DEN is a leading digital broadband service provider who can approach people with their great digital clarity signals through the local CATV network. Now people don't have to go for the costly Dish TV's,since the the present cable only provides a huge range of channels with all digital clarity (presently 160+ channels)

Subscribing to Digitally:Subscribing to Digitelly is easy! Just get in touch with us or call your local cable operator to experience the ultimate in digital entertainment. Ask him for a demo and then definitely you start loving it because its completely digital and different from the present analog signal.

Say bye to Dish TV now !

BENIFITS of Setup Box over Dish TV:

Enhanced Quality of Transmission and great digital surround sound: You get DVD quality pictures & crystal clear sound offering you a theatre-like experience. You can also enjoy high quality and international standard services without having to buy expensive equipment. Enjoy the most advanced digital technologies such as electronic program guide, program reservations and reminders, parental control and lots more.

Wider Choice: Get more variety, more choice, more entertainment from Digitelly packages with an exciting mix of all popular channels ranging from general entertainment, sports and news to movies and music. Offering includes city specific channels and local channels.

Programme Reservations & Reminders: This feature empowers the you to reserve a program for future viewing. As the program's start time approaches, you will receive a reminder message, or the box can also be set to automatically switch to the selected program.

Radio channels direct to home: This is an value added service provided by DEN. This is a amazing offer to all the music lover and can listen to any kind of music from home

Electronic Program Guide: Our always-available Electronic Program Guide enables you to view program, information and other options of interest without disrupting the program you are currently viewing. The Guide displays the name, start time, and date of all programs and also upcoming program of all channels including their synopses.

Information Banners: The on-screen information banner allows you to browse through the schedule listing for the channel you want to watch. It also provides short program descriptions without disturbing your viewing.

Parental Control: This feature empowers you to block certain channels from being viewed based upon their rating values. This can be best applied to prevent children from watching channels unsuitable for them.

Internet: user can make user of a heavy bandwidth broadband interment service and grab the world in their hands

It's that time of the year again when you need to tell the Tax Man about the taxes you have paid! The last date for filing your IT returns being July - I thought it'll be useful if I listed out the simple steps on how you can file your tax returns online very easily.